Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep

The Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep is interested in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the lungs and respiratory system. Areas of expertise include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, cystic fibrosis, environmental and occupational lung disease, lung cancer, sleep medicine, and the treatment of critically ill adult patients. The Division's research labs, located at both the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Omaha VA Medical Center, are focused on research in airway inflammation injury and repair. The Division also has a very active Clinical Studies Unit involved in clinical trials for asthma, COPD, smoking cessation, and cystic fibrosis.

Division Chief:
PCCM Fellowship Program Director:
Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program Director:
Critical Care Medical Director:
Associate Chief of Clinical Services:
Cystic Fibrosis Program Director:
Administrator:

Joe Sisson, MD
Craig Piquette, MD
John Harrington, MD, MPH
Dave Gannon, MD
Austin Thompson, MD
Peter Murphy, MD
Carolyn Nussrallah

985990 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5990
 

Patient Care
2020 PCCSM Division Conference

coming soon 
2020 Schedule of Presenters
Durham Research Center I, Room 1004N
Thursdays,  12-1PM

Meet Our Faculty
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Derrick Samuelson, Ph.D.

Derrick Samuelson, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep and is the division's newest faculty member, joining the division in September 2019. Dr. Samuelson received his Ph.D. from Washington State University, before completing his postdoctoral research at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in the laboratory of Dr. Shellito and Dr. Welsh. Dr. Samuelson is currently funded by a K99/R00 award from the NIH/NIAAA. Dr. Samuelson’s research interests are bacterial pneumonia, host-pathogen interactions, and the gut-lung axis.